The document prompts an exploration of how viewers' experiences of early cinema, like Georges Méliès' 'A Trip to the Moon,' compare to their reactions to contemporary blockbuster films. It encourages reflection on emotional, intellectual, and spiritual engagement with movies beyond mere entertainment. Additionally, it suggests incorporating course concepts and vocabulary to articulate these observations.

1. After watching the George Méliès' film
A Trip to the Moon
(1902) think about the differences and similarities between how
you believed someone would had processed that movie then
emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually (among numerous
ways) and how you processed the last “big event” or
blockbuster movie you saw. Tell us what you think are different
and similar.
Going beyond the entertainment value of a non-documentary
movie, what other value do you get out of seeing movie?
Reference specific vocabulary and concepts from the Course
Content to describe what you observed.
https://www.filmsite.org/pre20sintro2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNLZntSdyKE